Northminster Learning Center

Summary Report of Developmental Description and Goals

Report Period: Fall 2014
Student:

Fumi Sekiya

Language Arts
Print Concepts
Letter Knowledge
Phonological Awareness
Comprehension
Interest In Reading
Writing
Listening
Speaking
Apply Language Arts

Mathematics
Number & Quantity
Problem Solving
Measurement
Variables and Patterns
Geometry
Data Collection

Science
Inquiry
Life Science
Physical Science
Earth-Space Science
Apply Science Practices

Childs Development
Fumi is an emergent reader who demonstrates letter-sound connections
in order to spell words phonetically both with teacher assistance and with
independent attempts. Fumi demonstrates increasing competence in
emergent writing and reading skills. She uses upper and lower case in her
writing and makes regular attempts at writing for a variety of purpose
including notes for friend and bookmaking. Fumi participates in book
sharing activities including using informational texts to research
information. She works with teachers on skills to help her isolate sounds,
blend, and segment sounds in words. Fumi has shown tremendous
growth in her expressive and receptive language skills both in speaking
and listening. She speaks out in class and engages in conversations with
both peers and familiar adults often initiating the exchange.

Childs Development
Fumi counts with understanding past 20 and is able to count on when
given a number. Fumi compares objects and independently creates both
simple and more complex patterns, including AB and ABC patterns by
type. She is able to solve simple equations using small quantities, and
practices subitizing skills using classroom materials, as well as in a ten
frame game with teacher assistance. She completes puzzles with more
than 20 pieces. Fumi recognizes numerals and the quantities they
represent. She uses standard and non-standard tools to participate in
measuring activities, and demonstrates abilities to make predictions and
collect data when she completes surveys.

Childs Development
Fumi participates in active inquiry in the classroom both during group
investigations as well as independently. Fumi is a classroom leader for
group experiments and explorations as she shares her natural curiosity
and excitement with others. With teacher assistance, Fumi is able to
make predictions, test her hypotheses, record information about her
investigations and explain her data, as well as use other representations
to express her learning. She shows respect for and interest in the needs
of living things when she interacts with the Nature Explore classroom,
walks on the trail or studies animals. Fumi uses scientific tools in her
investigations and comments about her findings.

Social Studies

Childs Development

Citizenship
Economic Systems
History
Geography
Social Systems

Fumi recognizes the reasons for rules, follows classroom routines and
serves as a classroom leader. She participates in voting as a democratic
process and contributes to the group life of the class by positively
interacting with adults and peers and participating in classroom activities.
Fumi connects her background knowledge with new information, making
these connections evident in her classroom learning by responding to

questioning and offering relevant comments. She shows awareness of

herself as an individual and recognizes differences between herself and
others of varied cultures, languages and characteristics.

Physical Development
and Health

Childs Development

Gross Motor
Fine Motor
Apply Physical Development
Knowledge and Skills
Team-Building
Health
Decision-making

Fumi moves with balance and control using her body awareness to keep
herself and others safe during active play. Fumi demonstrates appropriate
control of writing and drawing tools and regularly uses them with ease.
She manipulates small toys and materials including puzzles exhibiting
both her fine motor strength and visual-spacial awareness. She works
cooperatively with others in group games and physical activities. Fumi
cares for herself without reminders and shows increasing independence
with care tasks including zipping.

Fine Arts

Childs Development

Dance
Drama
Music
Visual Arts
Appreciation

English Language
Learner- Home
Language Development
Classroom Communication
Academic and Social Skill
Development in home
language

Social/Emotional
Development

Personal Identity
Disposition toward Learning
Respect and responsibility
for self and others
Interpersonal relationships

Fumi regularly engages in activities to explore visual art materials both at

the art table and at the easel. Fumi works with play dough and tools as
well as air dry clay to create representations of objects. Fumi role plays in
the dramatic play area by cooking for others, dressing up and saddling up
a horse to ride. She participates in music and movement activities
dancing and singing to familiar songs, and using rhythm sticks and
scarves. Fumi shows interest in the creative work of others and
compliments others on their work. She listens to Godly Play stories and
retells them in the classroom using story props.

Childs Development

Fumi demonstrates increasing use of conventional standards of English in

her communication with peers and adults in the classroom. She is not yet
comfortable using her native Japanese in the classroom and speaks it
quietly with her mother in the presence of others.

Childs Development
Fumi recognizes the feelings and perspectives of others and shows
caring and respect for them. She communicates effectively, although
often in a quiet voice, and uses her speaking and listening skills for the
purposes of getting what she needs, interacting with friends and for
gaining information. She engages in cooperative play with peers and
adults and has developed several friendships. She uses socially
appropriate behaviors such as helping and taking turns and is a good
friend to her classmates. Fumi is increasingly confident in herself and her
abilities and proudly celebrates her successes with others.